Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 1768) to reauthorize and amend the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: S. 1768 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018''. SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--Section 2 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) by inserting ``, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,'' after ``States''; (B) by inserting ``Oregon,'' after ``New York,''; and (C) by inserting ``Tennessee,'' after ``South Carolina''; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``prediction techniques and''; (3) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: ``(4) A well-funded seismological research program could provide the scientific understanding needed to fully implement an effective earthquake early warning system.''; (4) in paragraphs (6) and (7), by striking ``lifelines'' each place it appears and inserting ``lifeline infrastructure''; and (5) by adding at the end the following: ``(12) The built environment has generally been constructed and maintained to meet the needs of the users under normal conditions.…”